For over 30 years, Heartlight has shared articles to help people live for Jesus in everyday life. While we are no longer publishing new articles, this enduring collection features relevant pieces throughout the year to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles.
by Phil Ware · John 10:27 · Resurrection
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus' resurrection called resurrection 2.0, this week focusing on Jesus' word to Mary!
by Phil Ware · Mark 9:2 · Listening
Phil Ware continues his short series on becoming a cruciformed people -- disciples transformed by the cross of Jesus -- by talking about the focus on the story of Jesus' transfiguration.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Immanuel
Phil Ware shares how we can experience Jesus in our lives based on Jesus' promises and Matthew's story of Jesus in his Gospel.
by Melissa Troyer · 1 Kings 19:11 · Silence
Melissa Troyer urges us to listen to the silence so we can hear the voice of God calling to us in the gentle slosh of the paddle slide through the water and the whisper of a gentle breeze.
by Phil Ware · Galatians 3:26 · Women
Phil Ware focuses on Jesus, the New Testament, the Bible teaches about the value, importance, and role of women in God's unfolding plan of grace.
by Phil Ware · John 10:27 · Resurrection
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus' resurrection called resurrection 2.0, this week focusing on Jesus' word to Mary!
by Phil Ware · Mark 9:2 · Listening
Phil Ware continues his short series on becoming a cruciformed people -- disciples transformed by the cross of Jesus -- by talking about the focus on the story of Jesus' transfiguration.
by Phil Ware · John 4:25 · Women
Phil Ware continues his series of reflections on what the Bible teaches about the value, importance, and role of women in God's unfolding plan of grace.
by Ann Voskamp · Matthew 25:40 · Persecution
Ann Voskamp on going to Iraq and meeting with those who have lost so much to ISIS and she calls us to wake up and do something
by Phillip Morrison · Matthew 25:40 · Burnout · Build
Phillip Morrison shares an experience building a Habitat for Humanity house with an African American Methodist preacher and him a Church of Christ preacher.
by Bill Brant · Hebrews 4:12 · Bible
Hearing God's voice is challenging but it grows easier the more it's done. It begins by reading His word, studying scripture, knowing what the Great God Almighty requires of His followers. Then listen for His voice. It will come!
by Max Lucado · John 10:10 · Assurance
Max Lucado uses the woman caught in adultery to remind us of the accusing voices we hear in our head and in our life and reminds us that this is from the adversary, the devil and challenges us to listen to the voice of Jesus.
by Phil Ware · John 1:14 · Christmas
Phil Ware takes an incident of love and laughter with his foster grandson and learns a powerful insight into God, who chose to let us see his face and hear his voice in Jesus.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 3:16 · Holy Spirit
Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit focusing on listening to the Spirit's voice and how we hear God and Jesus and the Spirit in our daily life.
by Rubel Shelly · Philippians 1:3 · Pessimism · Personhood
Rubel Shelly talks about the nightmare of getting caught in a voice mail and caller processing system and says he prefers people over machines.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Samuel 16:17 · Gifts
Rubel Shelly compares the prophet Samuel choosing a king to Simon Cowell's view of a woman from Scotland trying to sing and reminds us that outward appearances don't reveal talent or the heart of a person.
by Russ Lawson · Hebrews 3:13 · Encourage
Russ Lawson talks about the the blessings of our high tech communication, cyberspace-style communication, and challenges us to face-to-face encouragement.
by Phil Ware · Women
Phil Ware and Teresa Bell Kindred introduce a new feature, a women's blog for Heartlight called "A Kindred Heart."
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Psalm 5:8 · Obedience
Teresa Bell Kindred shares an experience she had with her GPS and then compares it to God's Plan of Salvation which is in the Bible, the only Voice we should trust.